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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does White say called him to the city?
(a) Glittering star lights.
(b) The lights of the city.
(c) His hopes and dreams.
(d) Past writing successes.

2. What changed about Greenwich Village since White lived in New York?
(a) The look and feel.
(b) The purpose.
(c) The business hub.
(d) The kind of tenants.

3. What does White remember the policemen of his youth always having on hand?
(a) Guns.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Clubs.
(d) Nightsticks.

4. Where did White go to college?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Georgetown.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Cornell.

5. Which of these do the subterranean lines under the city make possible?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Earth renewal.
(c) Mail delivery.
(d) Recycling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What amazes White about all the different kinds of people that live in New York?

2. What does White try to have a balance of in this book?

3. What parts of the city does White say has changed the most?

4. What does White say all people in New York want a shot at?

5. Why does White say some of his numbers will not be accurate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does White say would happen if the different communities stopped tolerating each other?

2. What part of the city does White describe in the most detail and why?

3. What does White say the city of New York offers its citizens as no other big city does?

4. What does White give numbers for?

5. How does White show the amazing variety of people living in New York?

6. What does White say all people in New York are looking for?

7. What has changed about Grand Central Station since White lived in New York?

8. Where did White live while he was very poor in New York?

9. What does White say about the neighborhoods in New York?

10. What does White say he knows will skew the numbers he listed?

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